Offering talented and deserving students a place at Williams has never been more important to the College and its fundamental values. Williams is one of a handful of American colleges and universities that admits students strictly on a need-blind basis and meets 100 percent of students' demonstrated financial need. In 2002 and 2003, 40 percent of our students received financial aid, with scholarship endowment at $217 million. Our goal is to increase those numbers to 45 percent and $307 million by the end of the Campaign for Williams in 2008. At the same time, we will continue to offer significant scholarship grants and minimize students' debt burdens. And because a world class institution is by definition a worldwide institution, Williams also has chosen to extend need-blind admission to all international applicants accepted to the College.

Gifts to the Alumni Fund and Parents Fund support all projects of the Campaign for Williams. Or, if you'd like to make a capital or endowed gift to help sponsor this particular initiative, please contact Megan Morey, director of major gifts, at 413.597.4248.